Talk:S. F. Light

Notes about sources

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So far, I've added every major source that is available on the subject. There are a few I have not added for two reasons: 1) they are shortened and edited duplicates of other, more complete sources; and two, they contain errors. One current source in the article, Visher (1947), contains at least one error in regards to the date of Light's degree at Princeton. It appears to be a typo, where the 1 in '15 was changed to a 2, making it seem like he got his MS in 1925 instead of 1915. I have therefore not relied on that source for that date.

With that said, I'm convinced there are additional, important sources in the realm of transcriptions of interviews with his former students. I have found at least one so far, an interview with Theodore Bullock, but I haven't used it because it didn't add anything new. My point is that it is safe to assume that there is a wealth of oral history material available on this subject, but it is difficult to find. I am working on making a list of his most notable students to search through any possible oral histories using those names, but in many cases, even lists of his students are difficult to find. The only list I was even able to find so far was found on the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve website, which is pretty sad, if you ask me. It shouldn't be this difficult to find information. Viriditas (talk) 10:11, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

I've added the oral history sources that I could find. Additional queries are active regarding one additional student on the refdesk. Viriditas (talk) 07:40, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:54, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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S. F. Light examining termites

• ... that S. F. Light (pictured) "left his mark on virtually every institution of learning on the Pacific coast"? Source: Hedgpeth, Joel (1952). "Preface: About This Book and Ed Ricketts, 1952". In Ricketts, Ed (1985)[1939]. Between Pacific Tides. Stanford University Press. pp. xvii-xviii. ISBN 978-1-5036-2132-9.
  • ALT1: ... that S. F. Light (pictured) disliked using his full name? Source: Mallis, Arnold. (1971). American Entomologists. Rutgers University Press. pp. 473-474. OCLC 595601579.
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Created by Viriditas (talk). Self-nominated at 01:27, 30 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/S. F. Light; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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Overall: Slight preference for ALT1. Great work on this article, I enjoyed reading it through! Connormah (talk) 05:43, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

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• Married July 26, 1926, King's NY. No way to confirm.
• Listed as "divorced" at time of death."California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000", Entry for Sol F. Light and Samuel Light, 21 Jun 1947.
  • I'm unable to access this file to confirm as it appears missing, corrupted, or out of sequential order.
• Father Samuel Light, mother Edith Frances McDill, daughter of the US Senator. They had nine children.